No person shall, without authority, break, injure, mutilate, kill or destroy any tree or shrub, or set any fire or permit any fire or the heat thereof to injure any portion of any tree. No person owning or using or having control or charge of gas or other substances deleterious to tree life shall allow such gas or other deleterious substance to come in contact with the soil surrounding the roots of any tree, shrub or plant, so as to kill or destroy or injure such tree, shrub or plant. No person shall attach or keep attached to any tree or shrub, or to the guard or stake intended for the protection of such tree or shrub, any rope, wire, chain, sign or other device whatsoever except for the purposes of protecting it or the public.
(‘68 Code, § 7-605) (Ord. 301, passed 4-1-68) Penalty, see § 10.99